Also New Model Army's Luhrstaap (or lurhstaap or lurstaap depending on which album it's on - I gather it's a made up word and they don't seem to have settled on a spelling.) I wanted to link the version from Justin Sullivan & Friends' Tales Of The Road as it was recorded live in Germany and has some discussion with the audience before they start the song, but couldn't find it.
Billy Connolly -
John Stonehouse Went Swimming, briefly covering that scandal and a
couple of
others.
Blyth Power - Probably Going To Rain, about the demise of locomotive 46009 at Old Dalby during a
nuclear flask crash test.
Tori Amos -
Me and a Gun
Changes in themselves do not automatically have to lead to something better. There are challenges along the way. As for the end of the Cold War (which was then the case), most people agree, however, on positive changes. The negative, possibly negative effects, are greatly overshadowed by the positive ones.
With the best of intentions, in the 50s and 60s, a wave of demolition swept forward in many countries. Old buildings were demolished, society was to be modernized. Away with the outdoor toilet, overcrowding and dirt. New and modern but nostalgic for the old was there when:
In Swedish, a cover of that song, it was titled Lyckliga Gatan. Translation of the text:
The memories come to me so often
Now everyone's gone, I do not understand
Gone is the house where the ivy clung
Gone is the gate where we stood and hung
Happy street you, who every day heard our glam
Once upon a time there were roses here where now a city is fast growing
Happy street you no longer exist
You're gone with the whole block
The play is silent, the song is silent
The concrete floats high above the ground
When I came back everything was so changed
Trampled and devastated, corrupted and desecrated
Edit:
Damn I'm stupid, now I lock myself in more and more with Spotify as I, among other things, fix that playlist based on the suggestions in this thread. I was thinking of switching to another supplier that has lossless.
When I now add songs, Spotify asks me: That song is already included, do you want to add it to the list anyway? Is that type of functionality available from other streaming providers?
It will be a MEGA review, for me in any case, in terms of functionality, pros and cons of Spotify vs another streaming provider. But of course I give Spotify the year out, miracles can happen.
Edit:
Better picture quality on this later recording. Yes, the Italians are nostalgic. They all know that song, that lyrics.